Posters
Schools may find this poster helpful when advertising the competition around your sites or by email.
Competition Documentation Extract
Students are allowed access of up to 20 sides of language notes/hints in the competition. We suggest this particular extract (with permission) from Coding Club Core-Cards* which we’ve combined with an overview for use of input(), some more helpful snippets and some blank pages at the back which should be completed before the competition if students wish to use these.
Further preparation
For some systematic preparation, students using Python may wish to look at:
- This new selective introduction to Python under development also contains a login-free coding IDE which supports breakpoints and could be used during the competition: https://www.pythonsponge.com/
- This step-by-step Python tutorial: https://cscircles.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/
- This more advanced but useful Python two page hints sheet
- The extensive but very comprehensive W3 Schools Python introduction (and their introductions to other languages): https://www.w3schools.com/python/
* Chris Roffey’s excellent Coding Club Code-Cards can be printed for free. They can also be purchased in pocket book format: http://codingclub.co.uk/codecards/.
If users have any similar suggestions for other languages, please let us know.
Competition Integration
We integrate with the UKCT Challenges competition progression pathway: please do find out more about the Bebras and Oxford Computing Challenges (which sit earlier in the pathway) and The British Informatics Olympiad which is the next step on for older students.
The Perse Coding Team Challenge 